| Internet Speculation Confirmed: Hi-Po McLaren 650S to Be Called “675LT” and Have 666 Horsepower |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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The internet exploded—key distinction, as it did not “break”—when McLaren released a photo of what appeared to be a camouflaged 650S and promised that whatever it was would be revealed at the 2015 Geneva auto show. Speculation ran rampant, but most seemed to settle on the car’s potential name—675—and others still indicated it could carry […]
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| Saved from a Watery Grave: Land Rovers and Jaguars Survive Near-Capsized Cargo Ship |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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You almost certainly aren’t going to believe this, but that car-carrying cargo ship that almost capsized in the English Channel earlier this month has managed to limp back to port. And many of the cars onboard seem to be pretty much undamaged, with some even having been driven out under their own power. Granted, to judge […]
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| How SRT Validated the 204-mph Top Speed of the Charger Hellcat |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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From the February 2015 issue of Car and Driver Modern computer design tools can accurately predict a car’s EPA mileage, number of crash-rating stars, and top speed even before the first prototype is constructed. With several supercharged models knocking on 200 mph, simulations based on wind-tunnel studies are the preferred means for avoiding the risky […]
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| How SRT Validated the 204-mph Top Speed of the Charger Hellcat |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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| 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Tested: Satan Made Them Do It |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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Unless the Energy Independence and Security Act is repealed, 50-mpg cars will be thick on the street in a decade. If you find this notion depressing, take solace in the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat’s ability to binge-drink premium fuel. Stomp the throttle as if you own a private pipeline and this hellion can burn 1.5 […]
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| You Can Be the Star in Top Gear’s Reasonably Priced Car for Less Than $300 |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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For most of us, the best thing about the U.K. Top Gear TV show isn’t the cars, or the carefully scripted setups, or even the sight of Jeremy Clarkson’s bald spot spreading across the back of his head season-by-season. No, it’s the bit where they strap a Star—sometimes loosely defined by U.S. standards—into the Reasonably […]
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| 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – Instrumented Test |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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| The Mercedes-AMG Super Bowl Commercial Is Lost in the Woods [Video] |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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What We See: Inexplicably, this commercial uses a computer-generated re-enactment of Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare” fable as the visual theme. What we see is, well, that, with a few shots of the estimable new Mercedes-AMG GT S thrown in. The hare gets off to such a great start that he stops along the […]
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| Watch: Kia Taps 007 to Complete Its Super Bowl Mission |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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What We See: Shot in what looks like Ari Gold’s Entourage office, we see a very fit (the dude is 61!) Pierce Brosnan hearing a pitch from his agent about an upcoming project. Having played the likes of Remington Steele and James Bond, Brosnan naturally assumes that this is an adventure thriller, replete with high-speed […]
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| Yes, Nissan Actually Built a Juke NISMO RS on Tracks |
Jan 28th, 2015 |
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The crazy Juke Nismo RS that showed up on Twitter the other day wearing a set of Mattracks isn’t a Photoshop job. Nissan says that the company’s European arm actually built the damn thing using an AWD Xtronic CVT-equipped Juke as the base vehicle. And they’re going to take it to the northernmost reaches of Finland—ice- and […]
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